ABSTRACT

The only books known to me which treat of Thibet are: China Illustrata, by Father Athanasius Kircher; Relazione della sua andata al Thibet, by Father Antonio de Andrade; Dizionario Istorico (Thibet), by Luigi Moreri; Viaggi all’ Indie, Chapter XVII, Book III, Chapters XVIII and XIX, Book IV, by Battista Tavernier; Imagem da Virtude em o Noviciado da Companhia de Jesu na Corte de Lisboa, Chapter XXXI and following Chapters, by Father Antonio Franco, S.J.; De Regionibus Orientalibus, Chapters XXXVI and XXXVII, by Marco Paolo Veneto [Marco Polo]; and Raccolta delle Navigationi e Viaggi, Chapter XXXVII, of second vol. by Giovanni Battista Ramusio.